Very professionally! 9 talented wemen joined together in a blog and put the world on fire : each of them is having a give-away, untill 30 of September, with the condition to complete the 3 steps required .It worth to make a visit first on the main blog then on each artist's blog... and why not ? to fill in for those magnificent give-aways. Comme-on, hurry ! :))

Some time ago, Elena proposed on the group I belong, as a "Holiday Homework" to finish an UFO that we have. I must recognise that I don't have a lot of UFOs, but I find a piece of 50cm x 50 cm , that reamains from the project "Ariadna Thread" that Smaranda proposed for exposition in Luberon this summer. This is my Ariadna :- fused applique, punched funny threads, free-motion quilting. Fabrics : black sateen and handdyed fabrics.

small detail :- the eye is a vintage button, background are handdyed fabrics, parrot's head is a pice of Smaranda's batik handdyed, everything was built around this piece with fused aplique, free-motion quilting. Stop. What is enough is enough ! or what is too much is enough ??LOL.

The wanderings on the garden offer both relaxing moments ( as much as it can exist here in this continuous noise and endless dust ) and crops...small or big depending the day.... from this box almost full of bitter-white garden peaches -but very perfumed :

....I intended to make jam. I realized - shocked - that I don't have any emtpy jars!! all are full with something : sour-cherry jam, cherry compote, quince membrillo, plum jam, etc. ...So I made jam only for the few vacancy jars and the rest of it goes straight in the freezer ( they are already peeled by blanching). In the winter, when the snow will be like window high and the snowflakes will fall down like a curtain, my home will smell of fresh boiled peaches jam ;). And of baked apples...and sweet nutt-roll bread...and....I'm dreaming again !

And I made a new recipe : noodles salad with vegetable and grilled calamari. Mmmmm...must be repetead as soon as possible...spinach from the garden , yellow bean, red onion, mushrooms, plus others... what a bounty !

Very-very late I show you this unexpected gift that I received....unfortunately the work in the house keep me so busy...that's why I'm late.

Kriszta discovered a new hobby for her - beside the high-level crocheting that she is doing for many years - : paper-recicled woven baskets. You deserve an A for recicling, Kriszta !!

Those baskets are very light and extremely practical !....well, I did know that I will receive a package from he - some borrowed magazines - but , at the postal office when I lifted that package I knew instantly that inside couldn't be those magazines ;). And I couldn't resist the tempation and I opened the box in the car before I get back home.... :)

And next is another picture just to show you the beautifull sunflower collage she put inside ( and as you can see beside the basket I received a lot of small squares for my charm quilt :). Thank you again . )